INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | BUSINESS CONNEXION | CORPORATE PROFILE
I S A A C M O P H AT L A N E
COMPANY VISION & MISSION Business Connexion (BCX)’s mission is to enrich communities by making the impossible possible,
through technology. The BCX corporate social responsibility programme strives to empower young people to be able to change their lives as well as those of their communities through information
and communication technologies (ICTs). At BCX we see our responsibility towards the communities where we operate as a business imperative and this forms part of our overall sustainability and transformation strategy.
C O N TA C T I N F O R M AT I O N CEO: Isaac Mophatlane
Deputy CEO: Vanessa Olver
WHAT WE DO
Chief Operations Officer: Jane Canny
BCX is one of the largest information and communications technology (ICT) services providers listed on the JSE when measured in terms of turnover, total assets, and staff complement.
As the largest ICT outsourcer, BCX holds a strong position in the enterprise market across key
industry verticals and enjoys a substantial presence in the retail sector locally. On the continent,
BCX has successfully delivered large scale projects and is one of the leading cloud-based service providers with significant data centre assets.
Chief Financial Officer: Lawrence Weitzman Physical address:
789 Business Park, 16th Road Randjespark Midrand, 1685
Postal address:
Private Bag X48, Halfway House, 1685 Telephone: 011 266 6630 Fax: 086 571 4020
Website: www.bcx.co.za
Email address: johan.dekoker@bcx.co.za
COMPANY INFORMATION STATISTICS/ DEMOGRAPHICS/ HISTORY Year founded: 1979
Founding members: The late Benjamin Mophatlane and Isaac Mophatlane Employees: 6 800
Branches: South Africa, Namibia, Nigeria, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Kenya, Botswana, United Kingdom and Dubai BUSINESS & FINANCE Turnover: R6.2 billion
Operating profit: R322.6 million Net profit: R233 million
Financial year-end: 31 August
Approximate market share: 14.2%
Subsidiaries: Integr8 IT, UCS Solutions, CEB
Maintenance, UCS Technology Services, BCX Tanzania, BCX Zambia, BCX Kenya, BCX
Namibia, BCX ICT Services Limited, Business Connexion Limited, Ultimate Solutions
(Botswana), Quad Automation, Nanoteq, Canoa Group Holdings
Holding company: Business Connexion Group Limited
Bank: Absa Bank Ltd, Standrad Bank, RMB, Nedbank
Accountants: KPMG Inc JSE listing and date:
ISIN ZAE000054631, 2004
CONTRACTS & AWARDS
• The New Road Data 2 (ND2) received Tier IV certification (Uptime Institute, February 2014)
• PMR.africa awards Business Connexion
E M P O W E R M E N T S TAT U S
BLACK EMPOWERMENT LEVEL Black shareholding (%)
25.1 - 50%
Black executive directors/snr management
5 - 25%
25.1 - 50%
Empowerment total
Namibia a Golden Arrow Award at the
GENDER EMPOWERMENT LEVEL
Awards (February 2014)
Female shareholding (%)
5 - 25%
Black executive directors/snr management
5 - 25%
Female total
5 - 25%
Country Survey Leaders and Achievers
• The IDC recognises Business Connexion
as the top IT company in South Africa with a 14.2% increase in market share (IDC
Competitive Profiles and Analysis of Leading IT Service Players in South Africa 2013)
• Business Connexion is South Africa’s leading IT services provider, according to
BEE SCORECARD Overall BEE Status
Level 2
Procurement Level
125%
International Data Corporation (IDC),
BROAD-BASED BEE WEIGHING POINTS LEVEL IN RESPECT OF:
IT Services Players in South Africa
Equity Ownership
18.37
Management Control
9.06
Employment Equity
0.93
Skills Development
11
Preferential Procurement
22.81
Enterprise Development
11
(Competitive Profiles and Analysis of Leading Report 2013).
• UCS Solutions is the first South African
company to be awarded the SAP Recognised Expertise in Retail certification (2014).
• We were certified Cisco Gold Partner and
Cisco Cloud and Managed Services Master
Partner in South Africa (Cisco, January 2014) Recent major contracts:
• South African Airways Outsource contract March 2014
Socio-Economic Development
12
Total
85.17
Business Connexion is a value Adding Company Black ownership: 32.49% Black Women Ownership: 4.07% Rating date: 24/01/2014
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